Serving Humphrey, Nebraska
Humphrey is the Platte County town up US-81 north of Columbus, platted with the railroad in 1880, whose St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church stands over the flat farm country around it.
Local & Insured
Humphrey is a town of about 860 people in Platte County, Nebraska, 21.8 road miles and about 27 minutes north of Columbus on US-81. Platted with the railroad in 1880, it sits at about 1,670 feet, and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church on South 5th Street is the landmark from the highway.
Up here, far from the Loup and the Platte, the trees are planted ones: Siberian elm, silver maple and hackberry by the older houses, Colorado spruce in newer yards, redcedar and Austrian pine windbreaks lost to age and pine wilt, and dead ash. Wade worked storm cleanup along this stretch of US-81 before starting the company.


Removal, stump grinding, trimming and clearing for the town and the farmsteads of northern Platte County.




Why a Columbus Crew Comes to Humphrey
Humphrey is on the highway we take to Madison and Lindsay, so Jenna groups estimates here with the northern run and the dates come quickly. A storm call in northern Platte County gets a same-day or next-day answer.
Humphrey's yard trees stand on open ground with no river bottom to break the wind. Siberian elms and silver maples split first; we take the hazard wood over the house and the drive and reduce the crown instead of topping it.
The redcedar and Austrian pine rows north of Humphrey are the oldest in the county and pine wilt is working through them. Miguel brings the skid steer for a dead row, we keep the live cedar, and the brush is chipped on site.
Humphrey is an incorporated town with its own ordinances, so a tree over a town street means a quick call to the town office. A tree on your own lot is your decision, and on the farms outside town the rural fire district handles burn permits.
Not for a tree standing wholly on your own lot. Humphrey keeps its own ordinances, so before cutting near a public street we check with the town office. More on our permits page.
Call (402) 555-0173 about storm damage or a tree on the roof and you get a same-day or next-day answer. Jenna books routine estimates within a few days, with most work done inside two weeks.
If a Siberian elm over your Humphrey roof has split or a shelterbelt on the north side of the farm is standing dead, call us for a free written estimate.
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